A → NASA
funded project to support and provide to the astronomical
community a variety of astronomical data archives, with the primary
focus on scientifically related data sets in the optical,
ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.
MAST is a huge database that contains astronomical observations of
stars, planets and galaxies from 16 separate NASA space science missions,
including the Hubble Space Telescope.
It is located at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).

In honor of senator Barbara A. Mikulski for her active support for
science, NASA, and the astrophysics community;
→ archive;
→ space; → telescope.